Al-Qur'an Surah Az-Zukhruf Verse 11

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and the One who has sent down water from the sky in due measure. Then We have revived with it a dead town. In the same way, you will be brought forth (alive from the graves),

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And ˹He is the One˺ Who sends down rain from the sky in perfect measure, with which We give life to a lifeless land. And so will you be brought forth ˹from the grave˺.

Ruwwad Translation Center

And it is He Who sends down rain from the sky in due measure, by which We revive dead land. This is how you will be brought forth [from the grave].

A. J. Arberry

and who sent down out of heaven water in measure; and We revived thereby a land that was dead; even so you shall be brought forth;

Abdul Haleem

who sends water down from the sky in due measure––We resurrect dead land with it, and likewise you will be resurrected from the grave––

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And Who sendeth down from the heaven water in measure; then We quicken a dead land therewith: even so ye shall be brought forth.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That sends down (from time to time) rain from the sky in due measure;- and We raise to life therewith a land that is dead; even so will ye be raised (from the dead);-

Abul Ala Maududi

He Who sent down water from the sky in a determined measure, and thereby We revived a dead land: likewise will you be raised up (from the earth) --

Ahmed Ali

Who sent down water in due measure from the sky, then quickened a region that was dead -- So shall We bring you forth --

Ahmed Raza Khan

And Who sent down water from the sky with a proper measure, so We revived a dead city with it; this is how you will be taken out.

Ali Quli Qarai

and who sent down water from the sky in a measured manner, and We revived with it a dead country. Likewise, you shall be raised [from the dead].

Ali Ünal

And Who sends down water from the sky in a measure, and We raise a dead land to life with it. Even so will you be (raised from the dead and) brought forth (from your graves).

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (it is He) Who sends down again and again water from the clouds according to a set decree and in proper measure and by this means We revive the dead territory. That is how you (too) shall be brought forth (alive).

English Literal

And who descended from the sky/space water with a measure/predestiny , so We revived/resurrected with it a dead/lifeless land , as/like that you are being brought out .

Faridul Haque

And Who sent down water from the sky with a proper measure, so We revived a dead city with it; this is how you will be taken out.

Hamid S. Aziz

And Who sends down water from the cloud according to a measure, then We raise to life thereby a dead land, even thus shall you be brought forth;

Hilali & Khan

And Who sends down water (rain) from the sky in due measure. Then We revive a dead land therewith, and even so you will be brought forth (from the dead),

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and made in it ways for you that you might go aright.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And He Who sends down water from the cloud according to a measure, then We raise to life thereby a dead country, even thus shall you be brought forth;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;

Muhammad Sarwar

It is He who has sent down water from the sky in a known measure by which He has given life to the dead earth. In the same way will you also be resurrected.

Qaribullah & Darwish

And (it is He), who sends down water from the sky in its measure thereby We revive the land that was dead, as such you shall be brought forth.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And Who sends down water from the sky in due measure, then We revive a dead land therewith, and even so you will be brought forth.

Wahiduddin Khan

It is He who sends water down from the sky in due measure, We revive dead land with it and likewise you will be resurrected from the grave,

Talal Itani

He who sends down water from the sky in due proportion; and so We revive thereby a dead land. Thus you will be brought out.

Tafsir jalalayn

and Who sent down water from the heaven in measure, that is to say, in the measure that you require thereof and did not send it down in a deluge, and We revived with it a dead land. Thus -- like this revivification -- will you be brought forth, from your graves, alive;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَالَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاء مَاء بِقَدَرٍ

And Who sends down water from the sky in due measure,

means, according to what is sufficient for your crops, fruits and drinking water for yourselves and your cattle.

فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا

then We revive a dead land therewith,

means, a barren land, for when the water comes to it, it is stirred (to life), and it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth).

By referring to the revival of the earth, Allah draws attention to how He will bring bodies back to life on the Day of Resurrection, after they have been dead.

كَذَلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ



and even so you will be brought forth.

Then Allah says